Seine-pursing machine.



No. 696,874. Patented Apr. I,

W. B. L'ANTZ.`

SEINE PURSING MACHINE.'

(Application filed Sept. 28, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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SEINE PURSING MACHINE,

(Application filed Sept. 28, 1900.) (No Model.) 2 sheets-$het 2.

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SEINE-PURSING MACHINE.

SPECEFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 696,874, dated April 1, 1902.

Application filed September 28, 1900. Serial No. 31,445. (No model.)

To all whom it' may concern,.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM B. LANTZ, a citizen ot' the United States, residing at Gloucester', in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Seine-Pursing Machines and l do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in machines forhauling the purse-lines of seines, and is particularly adapted for application to boats which are used in handling the seines, and may be readily adjusted and carried about upon the said boats.

It consists in a machine having grooved wheels or drums for engaging the purse-lines of a seine and gearing for connecting the same to a shaft, the said gearing being so arranged that when the shaft is turned in one direction the grooved wheels or drums will be actuated with greater speed than when turned in the other direction, and when said shaft is turned in the other direct-ion the grooved wheels will be actuated with greater power and less speed.

It also consists in a machine having a shaft, grooved wheels with drums mounted thereon, double ratchet-wheels the teeth of which are arranged in opposite directions, pawls for engaging the said ratchet-wheels, and gearing mounted betweenthe double 'ratchets of the said double ratchet-wheels and engaging the grooved drums, the structure being such that by turning the shaft in one direction greater power and less speed will be applied to the grooved wheels than in the other direction.

It also consists in certain other novel constructions, combinations, and arrangements of parts, as will be hereinafterfully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this application, Figure 1 represents a side elevation of my improved purse-linehauling machine. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse cross-section through the machine. Fig. 4is a sido elevation of one of the double ratchetwheels and showing the gearing carried thereby. Fig. 5 is an edge view of the same.

My improved machine is designed to supply a compact easily-handled machine which may be applied to fishermens boats 'and carried about in the same when it is necessary to hold a seine. The machine is also adapted to engage both-ends of apurse-line and to draw in both of the said lines at once, or to cease operating upon one line and continue the operation of the other, all Within the easy control of the operators. The said machine is also so constructed that a change from power to speed may be effected by merely reversing the operating-handles.

The machine is made up of a standard or framework 1, which has suitable hinges, as l, or other attaching means for applying the machine to the seat of a boat, whereby it may be turned down ont of the way in the boat when not in use, and a main power-shaft 2,

which finds suitable bearings, as at 3, upon the said standard 1. Near the outer ends of the shaft 2 are loosely mounted grooved wheels or drums 4 4, which are formed with quite deep grooves 5 in their peripheries, adapted to receive and frictionally engage the purse-lines of a seine. These Wheels are held in position upon the shaft 2 by means of collars 6 6, which limit the outer movement of the same.

Just inside the grooved Wheels 4 are arranged double ratchet-wheels 7, which are formed of two ratchet-disks 8 8, which are connected together by a series of bolts 9 and are spaced apart bysleeves 10 10,which are slipped upon the said bolts. The teeth upon the outer ratchet-disks are arranged in a different direction from those upon the inner disks of each of the said double wheels. The teeth of the inner ratchet-disks 8 are adapted to be engaged by gravity-pawls 11 11, which are pivoted upon the standard l and prevent the said double ratchet-wheel from turning in one direction when they engage the said ratchetteeth. The teeth of the outer ratchet-wheels 8 are engaged by gravity-parvis, as 12 12, pivotally secured, as at 13 13, to the spokes of the grooved wheels 4 4.

Mounted upon the power-shaft 2 and between the two disks forming the double ratchet-disks are gear Wheels or pinions 14 14, which are keyed, as at 15 15, to the said power-shaft 2, and are thus forced to always turn with said shaft. Meshing with these pinions are outer pinions 16 16, which are mounted between each pair of ratchet-disks and mesh also with racks 17 17, formed upon the inner peripheries ofthe grooved wheels 4. When the shaft 2 is turned, it actuates the pinions 14 14 and through the gears 16 16 operates'the grooved wheels 4 4 in one direction or thev other, according to the way in which said shaft is turned, and according to the engagement of the pawls 11 and 12.

When the shaft 2 is turned in one direction,v

for inst-ance, the gear-wheel 14 will actuate the gear-wheels 16 16 and communicate m0- tion to the drum 4, the double ratchet-wheels 7 being held stationary by means of the pawls 11 11. /Vhen the shaft 2 is reversed, the pawls 11 will not be called into action, but the pawls 12 engaging the double ratchetwheels 7 will prevent them moving with respect to the grooved wheels 4, and the action of the gear-wheels 16 will thus be locked and the said grooved wheels will be forced around at the same speed as the shaft 2. This will impart a greater speed to the machine than when the shaft is moved in the other direction. Upon the other hand, however, when the shaft is moved in the other direction the grooved wheels will be moved with greater power, although with less speed.

No matter in which direction the shaft 2 is turned the grooved wheels 4 are always turned in the same direction-na1nely, in a direction to draw in on the purse-lines which engage their peripheral grooves. l/Vhen pursnected at its opposite ends to the projections 19 19 on the pawls 12, is placed around apin 20, secured to one of the spokes of the wheels 4. This operates to lift both pawls 12 out of engagement with the teeth of the ratchetdisks 8 on one side of the machine. The shaft 2 may thus continue its operation and will actuate the wheel 4 upon the other side of the machine, while the irstvmain wheel is permitted to remain stationary. As soon as the entanglement of the purse-line becomes disengaged or the purse-line is free to be operated again the wheel 4 which was thrown out `of operation maybe readily thrown into operation again without stopping the action of the machine by releasing the cord 1S from the pin 2O and permitting the gravity-pawls 12 to again engage the ratchets of the ratchetdisks. It will be observed that either side of the machine may be thrown out of operation in this manner without affecting in the least the operation ofthe other side. This is a very advantageous construction, as it saves a great deal of timein pursingthe same and also relieves the possibility of breaking the purse-line.

When using the gearing for power instead of speed and it is necessary to purse one side of the same while the other rests for the time being, one of the pawls 11 is held out of engagement with its ratchet-disk by means of a pivoted T-piece 21, which is secured to the standard 1 and may be swung to one side or the other, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2. Either one of the pawls 11 may be held out of engagement by means of this T-piece 21, so that the wheel on either side of the machine may be stopped or thrown into engagement again at any desired time.

The drums 4always turn in one direction, and to avoid the chance of their being turned in the opposite direction I mount gravitypawls 22 22 upon projections on the standard 1, so that they are in position to engage teeth or projections 23 23, formed at intervals upon a laterally-extending portion 24, formed on the inner side of each of said drums. This inner projection 24 carries upon its inner surface the racks or internal gears 17, above referred to. Each of the gravity-pawls 11 and 22 is formed with its outer end weighted, as at 25 and 26, so that its inner tooth-engaging end is normally held in engagement with the ratchet-teeth. The power-shaft 2 is preferably formed at its outer ends with squared portions adapted to receive removable handles, as 27 27, which may be applied to one or both ends of the said shaft and held in place by Cotter-pins or other suitable means. The machine may thus be operated by men on one side or upon each side of the machine at the same time. In order to hold the purse-lines in position in the grooves of the drums 4, I preferably secure pivoted pieces vor arms 28 28 to the standard 1, the said pieces proj ectinga short distance around the periphery of the drums and carrying wheels or pulleys 29, which are adapted to extend into the grooves 5 5 a sufficient disltance to hold the purse-lines snugly in Vthe said grooves. I also contemplate employing fingers, as 30 30, which project into the said grooves a sufficient distance to lift the purselines out of the grooves after they have passed the rollers 29. This construction is similar to that employed by me in my previous Reissue Patent No. 11,628 and needs no further explanation here.

The purse-lines are passed under the-pul leys 29, after which they are picked out of the grooves by the fingers 30 and may be rolled up or coiled in the boat as the purselines are drawn in.

From the above description it will be seen that the chief features of my present device are the arrangements of the gear and the use IOO IIO

of the double ratchet-wheels which carry the actuating gear-wheels. It will be seen that y tated, the pawls engaging the inner and outer ratchet-disks of the double ratchet-wheels automatically effecting the change of the gearing. It will be also evident that one drum or the other may be instantly thrown out of operation without stopping the other drum, no matter whether the gearing is arranged for greater power or greater speed. The device is particularly efficient for the purpose of hauling the seine, as it fulfils the need for such a device which shall be easily portable in a bcat and which can be operated to quickly draw in the seine. It is necessary very often to get a seine in in the shortest possible time, and yet sometimes snags will hold one side or the other of the seine, and my improved machine is so constructed as to obviate any difficulty under all these circumstances. lt is preferable to cover the central portion of the machine by means of a sheet, as 31, through the top of which ahole or aperture, as at 32, may be formed, so that oil may be dropped into an oil-cup 33, formed in the bearing 3.

It will be apparent that minor details of constructions may be altered without departing in the least from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, and desired to be sec ured by Letters Patent, is-

l. A machine for hauling the purse-lines of seines, comprising a suitable frame, a powershaft mounted therein, purse-line-engaging drums or wheels loosely mounted on said shaft, a gearing connecting the shaft with the said wheels for driving said wheels, whereby the wheels may be turned at a greater or less speed in the same direction by reversing the said shaft, substantially as described.

2. In a machine for hauling the purse-lines of seines, the combination with a suitable standard, of a shaft therein, grooved pulleys or drums mounted loosely on the said shaft, gearing connecting the shaft with the pulleys, and means for controlling the said gearing whereby the drums will be moved at the same speed as their shaft or at a less speed with greater power, substantially as described.

3. A machine for hauling the purse-lines of seines, comprisinga standard, a shaft mount- 4. ed thereon, grooved wheels loosely mounted upon said shaft, gearing interposed between the shaft andthe wheels for driving the wheels at different speeds according to the directionV in which the shaft is turned, and means for controlling the said gearing, whereby one of the wheels may be thrown out of engagement with the said shaft, while the other continues its operation, substantially as described.

. et. A machine for hauling the purse-lines of seines, comprising a standard, a shaft mounted thereon, grooved pulleys loosely mounted on the said shaft, double ratchet wheels mounted on the said shaft, gearing carried by the said ratchet-wheels and connecting the shaft with the said grooved wheels, and pawls for controlling the movement of said double ratchet-wheels, the structure being such that the power and speed of the grooved wheels may be changed by merely reversing the shaft, substantially as described.

. 5. A machine for hauling the purse-lines of seines, comprising a standard, a shaft mounted therein, grooved pulleys loosely mounted thereon and having internal gears arranged upon their peripheries, double ratchet-wheels loosely mounted on the said shaft, actuatingpinions mounted between the ratchet-disks of the said double ratchet-wheels, the said gearling communicating motion from the shaft to `the grooved wheels, pawls mounted upon the standard for holding the ndouble ratchetwheels against motion in one direction, and pawls carried by the grooved wheels for preventing the said double ratchet-wheels from moving in one direction with respect to said `grooved wheels, the structure being such that when the shaft is turned in one direction the gearing will impart a comparatively slow movement to the grooved wheels with considerable power, and when the shaft is turned in the opposite direction the gearing will communicate motion to the grooved wheels at a greater speed but with less power.

6. A machine for drawing the purse-lines of seines, comprising a standard, a powershaft 4mounted therein, purse-line-engaging wheels mounted on the said shaft, double ratchet-wheels also mounted on said shaft and comprising ratchet-disks having teeth upon their peripheries arranged in opposite directions with respect to each other, means for spacing the said disks a proper distance from each other, a pinion mounted between the disks of each double wheel and keyed to the shaft so as to turn therewith, gear-wheels pivoted between the disks of the saiddouble wheels and meshing with the pinion secured to the shaft, the said gear-wheels also meshingwith racks upon the inner surface of the purse-line-engaging.wheels,and pawls adapted to engage the teeth upon the peripheries of the double ratchet-wheels, whereby the speed of the drums. or purse-line-engaging wheels may be controlled by reversing the shaft, substantially as described.

7. A machine for hauling the purse-lines of seines,comprisingpurse-line-engagingwheels, a shaft for loosely supporting the same, a standard supporting the shaft,double ratchetwheels loosely mounted on the said shaft and comprising disks spaced from each other and IOO IIO

provided with ratchet-teeth upon their peripheries extending in opposite directions, gearing between the said disks and connecting the shaft with the purse-line-engaging wheels, pawls upon the standard for engaging the inner disks of the double ratchetwheels of the outer ratchet-wheel disks, and means for holding either set of pawls out of engagement with their respective disks,upon one side of the machine or the other, whereby one purse-line-engaging wheel may be stopped while the other continues its motion, so that one side of the seine may be pursed at a time, substantially as described.

8. A purse-line-hauling machine comprising a standard, a shaft mounted thereon, purse-line-engaging Wheels mount-ed on said shaft, double ratchet-wheels also mounted on the said shaft, gearing connecting the shaft with the purse-line wheels, gravity-pawls carried by the said wheels and engaging one set of teeth upon the double ratchet-wheels, a cord or wire connecting the free ends of said pawls, whereby the said pawls may be held out of engagement with the ratchet upon placing the said cord or wire over a pin or projection on the said p u rse-line wheel, pawls pivoted to the said standard and adapted to engage the inner teeth upon the ratchetwheels and a pivoted T-shaped piece adapted to engage the outer ends of said pawls, whereby one or the other thereof may be held out of engagement with the ratchet-wheels, the structure being such that the purse-line wheel on either side of the machine may be thrown out of engagement while the other is operating, and the wheel which is operating may be changed in speed when desired and a third set of pawls mounted upon the standard and engaging the periphery of the purseline wheels, teeth formed upon the periphery of said wheels adapted to be engaged by the said pawls, whereby the wheels will be prevented from turning except in one direction, and means for holding the purse-lines in engagement with the grooved wheels, substantially as described.

9. In a machine forhauling the purse-lines of seines, the combination with a Wheel adapted to engage apurse-line, of ashaft for turning said wheel, gearing interposed between the shaft and the wheel, means for locking the gearing so that the wheel will be turned with the shaft at the same speed in which the shaft turns, and means causing the gearing to operate when unlocked and the shaft is reversed so that the Wheel is turned with more power but at a less speed than before but in the same direction,substantially as described.

l0. In a machine for hauling the purselines of seines,the combination with wheels or drums for engaging the said purse-lines, of reversible gearing for turning the said wheels at different speeds according to its reversal, and means for throwing either of the said wheels out of engagement with the said gearing without interfering with the operation of the other wheel, whereby one line may be pursed while the other is stopped and vice versa, without stopping the operation of the machine, substantially as described.

ll. A machine for hauling a purse-line of a seine, comprising a suitable frame, a powershaft mounted therein, a purse-line-engaging drum or wheel loosely mounted on said shaft, a gearing connecting the shaft with the said wheel for driving the said wheel, whereby the wheel may be turned at a greater or less speed in the same direction by reversing the said shaft, substantially as described.

l2. In a machine for hauling a purse-line of a seine, the combination of a suitable standard, of a shaft therein, a grooved pulley or drum mounted loosely on the said shaft, gearing connecting the shaft with the pulley, and

means for controlling the said gearing,wherel by the drum will be moved at the same speed as its shaft or at a less speed with greater power, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM B. LANTZ.

VVituesses:

EZRA L. PHILLIPS, CHARLES HUER HAZELs. 

